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I certainly love the Marines and am as patriotic as the next fellow, but just to play "devils advocate", we can do a search on this type of subject during the Janet Reno years and find Conservatives saying much the same thing. At that time we were worried about Billy sending black helicopters after gun owners and others types of stuff. I seem to remember a few threads here about that very subject. Do you remember the survey he gave the military asking them if they would fire on citizens that refused to give up their guns?

This is most likely "Bush derangement" syndrome, just as we had Clinton "trust" issues at that time. Maybe having truckloads of Marines hitting your town going rooftop to rooftop isn't a good idea at anytime. Are they practicing for Iraq, or Houston?

Like I said, I love the military and trust Dubya, but we won't have him much longer. I just posted on another thread about Florida wanting to stop sales of "assault" weapons. ( Democrat bill) How would Floridians feel if they now saw Marines dispatched to their cities after a gun ban was passed?

You have to understand—we are used to seeing Marines train on a daily basis. They do all kinds of training here, from bombing runs to water landings to in the woods type of things. We are more uncomfortable when they’re not here.

As for rooftop training, we can’t help them much. Until recently the tallest thing around was the highrise bridge!

I hear what you’re saying, but living near Cherry Point, Camp Lejeune, Seymore Johnson, FT Bragg—gives us a different perspective on military.

Yes, lots of men with guns can be scary. As I said earlier, no biggie to us. Most of the guys here hunt all the time, so perhaps we’re jsut more used to the sight of weapons than others? As another poster said, we’re more apt to watch, or pay no attention at all. The Marines are here to protect us and they can’t do that without training.